The voice in me

Well, the prompt just said “movie.” There aren’t any specifications about the genre, so mine is no fairytale—but don’t worry, it’s also not a horror story.
I remember a time back in college when I had just broken up with the guy I considered to be my first love. It was over a silly matter, really, but for some reason, we both decided to part ways. I was completely crushed. It was my first heartbreak.
I remember crying in my room when, from nowhere, a lady from my church whom I never really talked to much called me. I was trying hard to hide my choked-up voice. She was asking for a specific verse and felt in her heart that I was the one who knew where to find it. She just had a few words and needed the scripture to get the full verse.
So yes, I found it. And guess what Bible verse it was?
Isaiah 60:22: “When the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen.”
I don’t want to lie, that made me feel like God was talking directly to me, comforting me about my situation. But here is the twist: in that moment in time, I felt like it meant my first love was going to come back and we would resume life. I thought it meant this just wasn’t the right time, but that in the near future, we would be reunited.
And boy, was I wrong.
In a year’s time, this “first love” married someone else, and we went no-contact for obvious reasons. For a long time, I felt like God did not keep His promise. The person I was silently believing to be my future husband was happily married to someone else, and even had a beautiful family.
Like I said, it’s no fairytale. However, I would like to point out a truth: God never failed me. I just didn’t align myself with His version of how the story should end. I was stuck on my own version.
Perhaps you are like me and, somewhere along your life, you felt let down by God. Perhaps you are not viewing things the way He does. A perfect example from the Bible is His chosen people, Israel.
The Israelites were promised a coming Savior through the prophets, and that promise remained unfulfilled for a very long time. When He finally came, many missed Him because they expected Him to be an earthly King. But He was more than that. Jesus came and was nowhere close to taking earthly thrones, because those were already beneath Him—and that was not His mission.
He came and died on the cross, paying for our sins so that we may have life—everlasting life. It’s a gift He gave to anyone willing to receive it, even those not from Israel by nationality. All it takes is believing in Him and accepting Him as our Lord and Savior. And just like that, we get a personal relationship with the King of kings. We get adopted into His kingdom and made joint-heirs.
That means His plan of salvation was meant to put His people in direct contact with the Sovereign God as their King, not man. That was simply beyond expectations.
So maybe, just maybe, we need to pray that God helps us see things His way. It’s always better than our way.
As for what happened next in my love life… stay tuned for part 2.